Monthly Archives: October 2010

After once managing to somehow wind up at an outdoor concert instead of a restaurant despite following Google Maps, I almost feel guilty for laughing at these lost and confused members of the Google Street View team. (Read more…).

BEIJING — Google vice president John Liu on Tuesday reaffirmed the firm’s commitment to China, the world’s largest web community, after its harsh battle this year with Beijing over censorship and cyberattacks. Liu described China as a “very important market … Continue reading →

Google has added a new item to the sidebar it shows to the left of your search results: your location information. You will now be able to see where Google thinks you are — and easily change your location if … Continue reading →

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–In a world of data-obsessed number-crunching engineers, Google’s John Boyd is the people person. Boyd is responsible for testing user-experience changes to Google Search, the company’s most important product. While Google is famous for obsessing over statistical differences … Continue reading →

Google is quickly becoming known for its cloud-based apps and services among enterprise users. Before Google Apps, however, there was Google Search Appliance (GSA), a search product that allows companies to pull in results from databases or network shares on … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Shares of Google rose 11% Friday, reaching $600 for the first time in more than nine months, after the company posted solid quarterly earnings that impressed investors. Google’s (GOOG, Fortune 500) stock rose as much as … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Google’s profit soared in the third quarter, defying skeptical investors and analysts who feared that the search giant would never find a a significant new revenue stream besides search advertisements. The company shed rare light on … Continue reading →